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Zicatela surf break

Zicatela surfForecast / Oaxaca / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 12 Jan 2026 CST
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Zicatela surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Zicatela sea temperature is
28.8° C
 (Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Zicatela today?

The current surf forecast for Zicatela at 7AM is: 0.5m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Afternoon (12 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Evening (12 Jan)--

Table - waves today at Zicatela. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.2
SSW
0.3
SW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)121111111111111111111111101212101310121212141415
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)886047303030322330303011171515101610151515202121
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
W
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
ENE
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
W
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
N
5
NNE
5
ESE
10
S
10
SSW
5
SW
5
NNE
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
on		onglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offglasscross-
on		onglasscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:05AM
0.76
9:58PM
1.00
9:50AM
0.70
10:45PM
0.99
10:38AM
0.65
11:35PM
0.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:32AM
0.30
3:07PM
0.15
4:26AM
0.32
3:47PM
0.17
5:22AM
0.33
4:30PM
0.19
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
Sunrise--6:58-------6:58-------6:58-----
Sunset-----6:14-------6:15-------6:15--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C242326292926252423232628282625242424262828262524
Feels °C (?)232226282927252423222628292826252525272929292826
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